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We all know buy-to-let investors have done very well, yet claims of a 1,400% return were still astonishing. But in 1996 buy-to-let was a turbocharged value investment.
House prices are tipped to rise 2.5% this year and 4.5% a year for the next five years, by RICS, which has warned the next government must address the UK's property problem.
I have a private pension pot of about £50,000, alongside a final salary scheme that will pay me £10,000 a year. How do I weigh up whether to take a tax-free lump sum?
In the spirit of learning from mistakes, I decided the latest column should deliver an honest appraisal of how my investments have fared -and the mistakes I've made along the way.
The best easy access cash Isa offers a measly 1.5%, while you could just about scrape 3% if you lock your money up for five years, but whether you save or invest an Isa is still worth having.
I'm hopeless at choosing and am too tight to want to pay an IFA, what can I do? Alan Higham, of Fidelity Worldwide Investment, answers a reader's pension question in our video.
Jaguar Land Rover has announced plans to design a new generation of green cars hot on the heels of revealing the first proper look at its new XF.
I have always been reluctant to pay for something I could do myself. Sometimes, however, it's wise to get someone to do a better job for you. Sorting a pension first that bill.
Starting early pays off, just ten years extra saving could double your pension pot. We spoke to Maike Currie, of Fidelity Worldwide Investing, to get some tips on investing for retirement in your 30s.
Spanish bank Sabadell has tabled a £1.7billion bid to takeover TSB, the challenger bank spun out of Lloyds and floated on the stock market last summer.
A reader hit the nail on head about why saving for a pension early is wise. Unfortunately, MPs seem hell bent on hacking away at aspirations though.
Last weekend, his firm Berkshire Hathaway held its annual jamboree and Buffett delivered his 50th letter to shareholders. Here are my highlights
A line in Prince's famous 1999 chorus said: ‘Two thousand zero zero, party over, oops out of time.' For UK shares that was true, but now some measures indicate decent prospects.
Britain's index of the 100 biggest listed companies has nearly doubled in value since the depths of the financial crisis slump in 2009 when it sank to 3,512.
A common complaint on Jaguar Land Rover’s success, or that of Mini, Rolls Royce and Bentley is: ‘They aren’t British – they’re foreign-owned.’ In my eyes that matters little.
In our video, we highlight four key charts showing what is happening with inflation, how the Bank of England sees interest rates rising and a map of UK growth.
The Bank of England’s quarterly inflation report may prove to be a deflation report, with a forecast of negative CPI in the months to come. I'm not so sure we need to worry.
London was the only region in the UK to see prices fall last month, according to the latest RICS report, but the overall UK market is cooling.
BCC director general John Longworth will lay down a challenge for political leaders ahead of the election, arguing that a ‘new settlement for Britain in Europe is essential’.
The pie-in-the-sky ideas smashing crowdfunding targets and mini-bonds swiftly selling out, should be a warning to investors. Done right though alternative finance can pay off.
An FCA probe of the way companies promote such schemes found many guilty of comparing the safety of investors’ money to that of cash guaranteed in a savings account.
Exit penalties are not the only barriers to switching. Neil Loryman’s wish to switch was stymied by something more unusual.
Tim Price, of PFP Wealth Management, highlights the big names who have beaten the markets and why many owe a debt to value investing.
The election of Syriza has put the question of whether some of Greece’s debts should be forgiven on the table – yet perhaps it would simply be better off out of the euro altogether.
The eurozone will embark on full-scale money-printing, with the ECB launching a €60bn-a-month quantitative easing programme in a bid to save it from deflation and a low-growth crisis.
Islington pushed people to buy diesel cars since 2007 with emission-based residents parking permits. Now it has whacked them with an extra £96 for doing what it wanted.
These are ideas that I have gleaned magpie-fashion from investors whose wisdom seems to shine the brightest, says Simon Lambert.
Even in a slower world, there are opportunities out there. In this video interview, Justin Urquhart-Stewart points to Tesco and the eurozone as opportunities for the brave.
While the dive in the cost of oil has left motorists celebrating at the pump, it threatens the North Sea oil industry, a major employer and tax contributor.
The fifteen years since the FTSE 100 hit its all-time high are a lesson in why dividends matter. Trends and fads come and go, markets rise and fall, but income delivers over time.
There is another side to this story that it pays to be aware of – the danger that lies in the oil price slump for over-priced junk bonds.
London was the region that saw prices grow fastest, said Nationwide, but the ripple effect meant St Albans and Reading were the cities with the highest inflation.
Fears of stagnation and deflation as public spending cuts hit led to the interest rates freeze call from left-leaning think-tank the IPPR, but seven of nine former MPC members disagree.
The stock market fell every day in December to close at its year low of 6,182.7 on Monday, now four days of gains have seen it claw back some ground.
Investors should avoid the hottest properties and look to value for a formula to find winning shares, says leading investor Tim Price.
Britain made a terrible planning mistake over recent decades that we now have an opportunity to at least start putting right.
The FTSE 100 is zig-zagging in and out of the red this morning after closing at its lowest level of 2014 in yesterday's disastrous session.
From the economy, to low inflation and share prices that look a decent proposition, I think there are some signs that better things may lie ahead.
We highlight the world’s cheapest and most expensive stock markets, measured on three popular valuation tools and where the UK sits.
Multi-asset funds can invest across the whole investment landscape using shares and bonds as well as cash. They make life easy but do they deliver good returns?
News of rapidly increasing property values leaves many of our readers commenting, 'house price rises, not near me.' We go behind the headline figures.
Halifax said property values were up 8.2% in the year to November, but property inflation continued to slow as it got harder to afford higher prices.
We have campaigned for stamp duty reform for a long time, so George Osborne's radical changes are welcome. But the Chancellor still ducked a very big issue.
Spouses will now be able to inherit Isa pots tax-free, while pension income from annnuities left by those who die before 75 will also now incur no tax.
Stamp duty bands were radically rejigged in the Autumn Statement and it will now only be levied progressively above thresholds, in a similar way to income tax.
Next time you read an excuse about the difficult low interest rate environment consider this, Britain’s banks and building societies are doing quite nicely.
Nationwide reported today that it made £1.42billion from net interest income - up £336million on the same period last year.
Nationwide said gross mortgage lending had fallen by £900million as Britain's biggest building society released its latest set of financial results.
Rather than saving the global economy rock bottom interest rates spell future danger, contrarian UK investor Tim Price says.
I have a theory that the FTSE 100 is the world’s unluckiest major stock market. It gets blown off course on every run for its elusive record, but really we shouldn't care.